Christmas on Main St. Toy Drive begins Monday

Trains whizz by and waiting customers relax in large leather seats near a black board listing departures and arrivals.

This is Main Street Station in Garden Grove, a train-themed tax office where a holiday toy drive will start on Monday.

The Christmas on Main St. Toy Drive is sponsored by John Scott and his son, Johnny, a former patient at Shriners Hospital for Children in Los Angeles, where donated toys will be going.

John and Johnny Scott share a passion for model trains, a hobby they started together a few years ago. They have turned their office, dubbed Main Street Station, into a replica of Union Station in Los Angeles. There are large train murals on the walls and a G-scale Christmas train on tracks just below the ceiling.

“It started as an idea by dad had, and it just grew,” Johnny Scott said of the charitable drive.

Toys can be dropped off at an open house at the Main Street Station each week night from 5 to 7 p.m. starting Monday through Dec. 20 that will feature hot cider and Christmas carols.

Donors can turn in new, unwrapped toys like stuffed animals, DVDs and CDs, board games and puzzles, coloring books, backpacks, notebooks and models.

Those who drop off a gift will get a 10 percent discount coupon for any eatery on Main Street.

Toys can be dropped off at Scott Tax Associates, Inc. at 12952 Main Street. Information: (714) 636-5200.

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